For conservatives, it’s not just a numbers game. Social conservatives loved the long-term CR passed last month, which slashed $61 million and embraced policy riders defunding Planned Parenthood, health care reform and EPA. They’re concerned enough about the absence of those provisions from the next CR that members of the conservative Republican Study Committee are already threatening to stall the legislation in an attempt to get the social policies addressed.

RSC Chairman Jim Jordan, whose Ohio district borders Boehner’s, is wary both of the absence of social-conservative riders and of short-term measures.

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“Look, there’s nothing wrong with making first downs,” Jordan said. “But at some point, you want to get to the end zone. So we’re evaluating this one, but we are very concerned about the pro-life, pro-family things aren’t there.”

There’s also a political subtext. Conservatives think that they have the upper hand in the spending cut debate, and they want to force a conclusion rather than risk losing ground as the debate goes on.

“There’s some ideas about these permanent temporary CRs,” Huelskamp said. “That just kind of shows that it’s not a serious proposal. It’s time to force the Senate to act. We won the first round. HR 1 is over there. It’s time to force them to act.”

Another fear, detailed by Flake and quietly seconded by other conservatives, is for the government to operate on CRs while Congress is grappling with the debt ceiling weakens the Republicans’ hand.

“This stuff that we’re dealing with now is a rounding error,” Flake said. “And what I don’t want is for this to get entangled with the debt limit increase, where we have some real leverage to get some real cuts and some real caps. If this gets bundled up with that, I worry that there will be more focus on CR than long-term debt.”

For that reason, Flake and others are wary about the prospects for advancing this week’s bill.

“It’s going to be tough enough to do this one,” Flake said, predicting difficulty passing the spending measure. “We’re going to have a tough time on this one, so I think another would be impossible.”

Adding to the political calculus is the House calendar. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) devised a schedule that has lawmakers in their districts at least one full week a month. This month, that week falls just after the current CR runs out, giving constituents time to voice frustration about the funding process.

“It’s confusing,” West told POLITICO. “So we do this thing for a few weeks, and the next thing people are saying, ‘well I thought this was over.’ And then we do it again for another few weeks. We need to sit down and cut the spending, fund the government for the rest of FY 2011, move on and tackle this thing with the debt limit, and then look, we’re within a month of having to put out a budget resolution on 2012.”

Even as Republican leaders look for an endgame, some in their conference acknowledge that the handling of government funding is hardly a science.

“Obviously, we would like to get a full-year CR done,” said Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), an appropriations subcommittee chairman. “That’s why we passed a full year CR. But whether that’ll happen or not, who knows. We’re kind of playing it by ear.”

But the next one won’t be nearly as easy.

“It will be a tough vote, and there will be a clear message that, even if this CR passes, the next one will probably not,” Labrador said.

Well, compromise is not exactly in their language, now is it? So go ahead, slap each other on the back and tell all your lemmings how smart you are. Soon you will be joining the likes of soon to be ex-Governor Walker.

That black man in the caption must freak you Demwits out, eh? BTW, he is one of two black Tea Party candidates sitting on the Hill today. And a couple of so-called minority Tea Party candidates are now sitting governors. Not to mention the fact that the Tea Party movement was cofounded by a black man. Slander that, leftist commie moochers. all

The USA Citizens are suffering, since they lost their jobs, homes, insurance, and sleeping in their cars with their children, as they don't have money to pay for a motel. ( I hope every American watched 60 minutes Sunday, 3/6/11).

Eric Cantor (R-Va), said "we are borrowing money we don't have to give loans to certain "AMERICAN" homeowners."

HOW ABOUT THIS? Eric Cantor (R-Va), "we are borrowing money we don't have to give 10 BILLION DOLLAR, to "ISRAEL."

After all it's our tax dollars.

A Veterans Today informal phone poll shows that 76% of American Citizens no longer support financial aid to Israel, who is a member of OECD.

Anyone in Congress who is not one of those who protect Israel---1st---USA--2nd, and not controlled by AIPAC, then he/she will cut the ridiculous charity we send every year to Israel, before cutting USA Citizens' programs.

Pentagon in Charge of Aid to Israel?

Cantor explains that taking Israel out of the Sate Department's annual budget will allow the US to continue protecting the security aid given to Israel, even if the rest of the foreign aid budget will be frozen due to a conflict between the Democratic president and a Republican House of Representatives.

Now, it looks the over 10 billion USA charity a year in cash, and defense contracts to Israel was not enough, so they want 20 billion additional in security aid.

Israel may ask U.S. for $20 billion more in security aid, Israel Defense Minister Barak says.

What a joke! How stupid can we be, what is even more, for how long?

On May 22-24, the pro-Israel America conference from AIPAC is coming to Washington, D.C.

More Than 50% of U.S. Senate to Attend AIPAC POLICY CONFERENCE Celebrating Sending U.S. Taxpayer Billions Out of the Country.

tel-aviv-on-the Potomac, List of lawmakers in Congress who are AIPAC Recipients.

Let’s substitute Israeli loyalists in Washington, DC with American Patriots.

McCain intends on releasing public statement in support of the release of the Israeli-American citizen, who was arrested for spying on USA for Israel & Russia.

In recently publicized documents, Donald Rumsfeld seems to be telling President Obama: If you give in to Israeli pressure to release Jonathan Pollard, Republicans will say you are jeopardizing U.S. security.

"The biggest obstacle to having the wishes of the American public respected and honored by the U.S. Congress who has been continually giving over $10 billion a year in cash and defense contracts to Tel-Aviv is getting them to get off the lobbyist payola shake down which will be easier said then done.

As it once stood, the argument that Israel is the only free democracy in the region as the cause celeb for our billions in yearly support is becoming a 21st century non-starter.

With democracy breaking out in the Middle East as the 21st Century Facebook Generation of Arab youth topple the 20th Century dictators, American foreign policy in the Middle East is being led by its tail to the future forcing U.S. Think Tanks into hyperdrive.

All this means that we may have to overthrow our own congress before we can extract the AIPAC lobby tumor from our system."

Israel’s Hidden Faces, A Long Day’s Night for Us All Why Do Most Americans Know Nothing About These Issues?

Leadership aides said they also hope that this is the last CR, and they’re laying blame squarely on the Senate for not getting a more substantial bill passed

Usually ( unless Obama signs something unprecedented ) our country spends about four billion a day. These guys are spending weeks squabbling over a day and a halfs spending because Senate Dem/Libs ( like Reid, The Cowboy Poet ) are acting stupidly.

The USA Citizens are suffering, since they lost their jobs, homes, insurance, and sleeping in their cars with their children, as they don't have money to pay for a motel. ( I hope every American watched 60 minutes Sunday, 3/6/11).

Eric Cantor (R-Va), said "we are borrowing money we don't have to give loans to certain "AMERICAN" homeowners."

HOW ABOUT THIS? Eric Cantor (R-Va), "we are borrowing money we don't have to give 10 BILLION DOLLAR, to "ISRAEL."

After all it's our tax dollars.

A Veterans Today informal phone poll shows that 76% of American Citizens no longer support financial aid to Israel, who is a member of OECD.

Anyone in Congress who is not one of those who protect Israel---1st---USA--2nd, and not controlled by AIPAC, then he/she will cut the ridiculous charity we send every year to Israel, before cutting USA Citizens' programs.

Pentagon in Charge of Aid to Israel?

Cantor explains that taking Israel out of the Sate Department's annual budget will allow the US to continue protecting the security aid given to Israel, even if the rest of the foreign aid budget will be frozen due to a conflict between the Democratic president and a Republican House of Representatives.

Now, it looks the over 10 billion USA charity a year in cash, and defense contracts to Israel was not enough, so they want 20 billion additional in security aid.

Israel may ask U.S. for $20 billion more in security aid, Israel Defense Minister Barak says.

What a joke! How stupid can we be, what is even more, for how long?

On May 22-24, the pro-Israel America conference from AIPAC is coming to Washington, D.C.

More Than 50% of U.S. Senate to Attend AIPAC POLICY CONFERENCE Celebrating Sending U.S. Taxpayer Billions Out of the Country.

tel-aviv-on-the Potomac, List of lawmakers in Congress who are AIPAC Recipients.

Let’s substitute Israeli loyalists in Washington, DC with American Patriots.

McCain intends on releasing public statement in support of the release of the Israeli-American citizen, who was arrested for spying on USA for Israel & Russia.

In recently publicized documents, Donald Rumsfeld seems to be telling President Obama: If you give in to Israeli pressure to release Jonathan Pollard, Republicans will say you are jeopardizing U.S. security.

"The biggest obstacle to having the wishes of the American public respected and honored by the U.S. Congress who has been continually giving over $10 billion a year in cash and defense contracts to Tel-Aviv is getting them to get off the lobbyist payola shake down which will be easier said then done.

As it once stood, the argument that Israel is the only free democracy in the region as the cause celeb for our billions in yearly support is becoming a 21st century non-starter.

With democracy breaking out in the Middle East as the 21st Century Facebook Generation of Arab youth topple the 20th Century dictators, American foreign policy in the Middle East is being led by its tail to the future forcing U.S. Think Tanks into hyperdrive.

All this means that we may have to overthrow our own congress before we can extract the AIPAC lobby tumor from our system."

Israel’s Hidden Faces, A Long Day’s Night for Us All Why Do Most Americans Know Nothing About These Issues?

The gop are responsible for most of the debt but will not man up and admit it.

w had a surplus and then destroyed our country.

They willl not man up and admit that too.

So debating cowards that never admit their failures is a false debate.

Any con that will man up and admit gop failures, I will debate.

I doubt any of you cons can admit your failures.

Cowards, pure and simple.

President Obama deserves a second term.

Wolf Wolf. Take your revisionism and shove it. all

You Dems turned Fannie & Freddie into your personal vote buying piggy bank. You Dems blocked Fannie & Freddie reform TWICE. Your phony messiah sued Citibank in order to force it to give loans to bums who would never be able to pay them back. Derivatives were the only means banks had to spread out the risk associated with zero collateral loans. Before you Dems sacked congress: 1 in 400 bad loans. After you Dems sacked congress: 1 in 4 bad loans.